Issue 4, 2016
From the journal:

Nanoscale

Light and cucurbit[7]uril complexation dual-responsiveness of a cyanostilbene-based self-assembled system†

Pengyao Xing,a   Hongzhong Chen,b   Mingfang Ma,a   Xingdong Xu,b   Aiyou Hao*a  and  Yanli Zhaobc  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Ministry of Education and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China

b Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
E-mail: zhaoyanli@ntu.edu.sg

c School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore

Abstract

A cyanostilbene-based amphiphile (CS) was synthesized, which could self-assemble into non-emissive bilayer vesicles and ultra-thin ribbons. Cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) could form an inclusion complex with CS with a significant hypochrome effect, giving a strong blue emission from non-emissive species. CS underwent photoisomerization induced by light irradiation, which allowed the membrane contraction into smaller vesicles.

Graphical abstract: Light and cucurbit[7]uril complexation dual-responsiveness of a cyanostilbene-based self-assembled system

About
Cited by
Related
Download options Please wait...

Supplementary files

Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5NR07873C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Nov 2015
Accepted
16 Dec 2015
First published
21 Dec 2015

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 1892-1896

Author version available

Download author version (PDF)

Permissions

Request permissions

Light and cucurbit[7]uril complexation dual-responsiveness of a cyanostilbene-based self-assembled system

P. Xing, H. Chen, M. Ma, X. Xu, A. Hao and Y. Zhao, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 1892 DOI: 10.1039/C5NR07873C

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements